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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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27th February 2018, 14:41 #1001
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If Ogier loses the 2018 Championship by a few points it could be said that running first in Sweden cost him the Title. Is that fair, will it give the new champion credibility as the best ?
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27th February 2018, 15:00 #1002
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I don't see how is that unfair. If there wasn't as much snow, he would have been fine with it. A lot of snow? Well, tough luck, it happens. He wasn't the only one to suffer from it, Latvala and Tanak had a hard time dealing with it as well. In Mexico it's Neuville's turn to swipe the road.
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27th February 2018, 15:02 #1003
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27th February 2018, 15:07 #1004
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If he didn't win Monte he wouldn't have to go first in Sweden... but wouldn't have so many points from Monte.
With different rules he maybe wouldn't start first in Sweden... but that means he also wouldn't start first on Monte. If he didn't start first in in Monte he'd loose some time during first leg due to gravel on the road... and that means he'd not run as "last" WRC in the snow on Saturday and wouldn't be able to get 1 min up on Tanak and 30s on Latvala.
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Should we go on like this for every rally?
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27th February 2018, 15:37 #1005
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27th February 2018, 16:29 #1006
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27th February 2018, 16:38 #1007
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100% fair. Sainz and Hirvonen lost titles to mechanical failures, and that was fair. Latvala's car killed itself three times in a row while he was in the championship fight, and that was fair. There was a dusting of snow on the stages in Sweden, and that was fair.
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27th February 2018, 17:06 #1008
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just a friendly reminder... you are arguing with british people....
you can continue now...
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27th February 2018, 19:42 #1009
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What you are doing is comparing something that can't be foreseen to something that could be avoided by adjusting the rules.
The fact that it doesn't always penalize the same driver is irrelevant. The fact that the first crew in general ranking, whoever they might be, is getting the short end of the stick is where the problem lies.
Albeit Sweden was an extreme case it did shift the focus a little to the bigger underlying problem in my eyes.
If there is something that can be done to improve the current system then it should be done.
To N.O.T - If it's targeted at me, then no, I'm not British. I don't see why it would matter anyhow. Is there a saying I'm not aware of?
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27th February 2018, 20:00 #1010
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